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Report: Buick To Get a Version of Opel Astra GTC Hot Hatch
By Chris Haak Car and Driver reports that GM's reborn near-luxury division will be getting a version of the new Opel Astra hatchback. C/D's sources were not clear on where the...
Chrysler Reveals Future-Product Details
By Chris Haak None of these announcements are necessarily earth-shattering, but in a meeting with analysts and media yesterday in Detroit, Chrysler executives outlined several...
New York’s New Taxi Will Be a Nissan Van
Decades ago, when you travelled to the Big Apple, there was but one kind of taxi: the ubiquitous Checker. Beloved by many because of their spacious interior and incredible...
Chrysler To Refinance Debt, Repay Government Loans
By Chris Haak Probably due to its much larger size, GM's bailout and repayment of some government loans has drawn far more attention than the assistance provided to Chrysler...
New York 2011: Honda Shows Production Versions of 2012 Civic
By Chris Haak Back in January, Honda used the Detroit Auto Show to debut lightly-disguised concept versions of its 2012 Civic coupe and sedan. We covered that here already back...
New York 2011: Nissan Reveals 2012 Versa
By Chris Haak Nissan's Versa, which competes against subcompacts such as the Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris, has the value proposition of being the "big small car," and indeed, the...
Chrysler Fills out SRT8 Lineup with 300C SRT8 and Grand Cherokee SRT8
By Chris Haak I love attending auto shows – I’ve been doing it for two decades. But in recent years, attending an auto show in person has become an exercise of questionable...
Ward’s Announces 10 Best Interiors for 2011
By Chris Haak New-vehicle interior design and materials have come a long way since the dark, Tupperware/Fisher-Price days of the 1990s. When once hard plastic and no adornment...
How to Lose Money Without Really Trying
By Chris Haak The business case for EVs and hybrids has been on less-than-solid footing for years, both from the consumer's point of view and the manufacturer's vantage point. ...
Barely a Year Into Independence, Saab’s Financial Picture Is Again Dire
Just over a year into its new life as an independent company (forgetting the fact that it's actually held by Spyker, a boutique automaker of sports cars), Saab is again facing...